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My computer is on crack.

Dec 9, 2006 • Karen

I was working in bed when I put Zachary to sleep and went to the bathroom. When I came back, the blinky glowy light that indicates the computer's asleep wasn't on. I opened it up and the screen was dark. Okay, compy randomly shut down for some reason...

And then it wouldn't start up. I kept pressing the button. Nothing.

PANIC.

I plugged the computer back in (it had been around 75% battery power when I'd left--that shouldn't have been a problem) and pressed the startup button. Nothing.. for the first several tries. Eventually, the empty CD drive made a loud CRACK noise and the fan whooshed. My computer started up. Thank God, because I have another paper to write for tomorrow. But still. This is not cool, Zachary.

Things to get fixed when I come home:

Undead CD drive (the computer knows it's there, but it doesn't respond if I try to put CDs in it)

iTunes freezing and the CD drive making unhappy noises whenever I play music on shuffle mode too long (no longer happens because I can't put in my CD anymore!)

Left shift key that doesn't register half the time

Screen that flickers randomly

Intermittent bizarre behavior of the brightness setting interface (it's supposed to iterate by ones, but sometimes it goes by twos instead)